The other day, I finally finished making my room fairly clean and I tidy. I put together a bookshelf to house some odds and ends, removed the final cardboard boxes still hanging around since I moved in, and sorted my papers. I felt good. But something was still missing.
This week’s Comical Start episode featured me discussing my desire for a Roomba “just to have something that seems like it’s alive in my apartment.” However, a Roomba is not in my future. After a healthy discussion of why an actual pet is not a possibility right now, Grant and I decided I would get a plant. As a result, I went out Saturday morning and got myself a little succulent.
Junior year of college, I purchased a succulent to support a fundraising event on campus. I proudly walked it home, and subsequently knocked it off my desk at least three times. It did not make it through the rest of the year. I now feel much more capable of taking care of an eminently hardy plant such as Calvin here. I successfully repotted it, and it now sits pride of place on my desk.
These are the little things that I don’t have a grasp on as an adult. Determine the little things that make a space feel just a little more cozy and relaxed, without adding to the clutter. Having my bookshelf set up with two pictures I like was a great start, and now just having something alive besides myself adds to the environment.
I don’t have much else to say here. I’m happy I have this little guy, even though it’s such a small thing. But doing small things for yourself can help reduce the monotony of daily life.